Here are four presentations — three videos and one slideshow — that I’ve come across recently. Story fans may already be aware of at last two of them as they’ve been a bit viral in the story world, but I thought it would be interesting to juxtapose all of them. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2011
‘Life in a Day’ Film Now Available
Updating a post from this past summer about the film Life in a Day, a historic global experiment to create a user-generated feature film shot in a single day. The videos that comprise the film were shot on July 24, 2010. My friend Elayne Zalis alerted me to the fact … Continue reading
Two More Freebies for Lifewriters
In his final offering of November’s National Lifewriting Month, Denis Ledoux offered the downloadable Scheduling for Success, a guide to keeping one’s writing projects on track. Strictly speaking, the guide works for any writer, not just lifewriters. Meanwhile, Annabel Candy is offering the free, downloadable e-booklet, Personal Writing Magic. The … Continue reading
Being Remembered by Telling Your Story: A Recruiter’s Eye View
Job-seekers probably don’t think about the sheer numbers of people that hiring decision-makers talk to during the recruiting and hiring process — and how candidates need to stand out from the pack to be remembered. An interesting — if slightly flawed — article by Esther Choy describes the kind of … Continue reading
A Story of How NOT to Network
OK, this post is admittedly a bit off-topic, but it’s something I needed to get off my chest… The other day I received an email from someone whose name seemed slightly familiar, but I couldn’t place who he was. The email was mass-mailed to about a dozen people, and it … Continue reading
Hopeful Stories for World AIDS Day
Today is World Aids Day. In this short (2:49) video, HIV-positive people tell hopeful stories. It’s from the Clinton Foundation, whose Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) initiative has changed the way PMTCT programs are managed, resulting in a 40 percent drop in transmission rates across six focus countries from 2008-2010.